Gare de l'Est

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0mi2XpFY0IGqJKXDr6ZY2FBcp8R_Ob_wukbNUXy8JKMzHuqDIi6ZBMo3MLS2ORsiOmCm3DFQDEswRTncgPmpZSgFYXAQsFEuaqLW8GpUw6Rb2GCr3ZVyvHiUkvy7jW57W_-ojFNv1PY/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_30DSC_4654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0mi2XpFY0IGqJKXDr6ZY2FBcp8R_Ob_wukbNUXy8JKMzHuqDIi6ZBMo3MLS2ORsiOmCm3DFQDEswRTncgPmpZSgFYXAQsFEuaqLW8GpUw6Rb2GCr3ZVyvHiUkvy7jW57W_-ojFNv1PY/s1600/2013+May+20+0520_30DSC_4654.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gare de l'Est</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gare de l'Est resembles the Belle Époque generation of train stations, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the west wing is the original building of 1847.   </div><div style="text-align: center;">An interesting note: On October 4, 1883, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Gare de l'Est saw the first departure </div><div style="text-align: center;">of the Orient Express bound for Istanbul.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this day I was not venturing nearly that far, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but there is nothing quite so pleasant as traveling by train.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gare de l'Est</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place du 11 novembre 1918</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Gare de l'Est

Gare de l'Est Gare de l'Est resembles the Belle Époque generation of train stations,  and the west wing is the original building of ...

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Gare de l'Est - Dépêchez-vous!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbKgjgybprd5FRPy9vQOgwywiM5r4sr3fLemr-jCINQ6KlReb2BkAB-8ofaHy-H66PA0kCMseZeXtiEYG3HhC8VuvhvqB4nVvAOWYiqYWvYD2-hgUkkctjldilxH34OG13Lauc-qE32s/s1600/2013+0520_27DSC_4651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbKgjgybprd5FRPy9vQOgwywiM5r4sr3fLemr-jCINQ6KlReb2BkAB-8ofaHy-H66PA0kCMseZeXtiEYG3HhC8VuvhvqB4nVvAOWYiqYWvYD2-hgUkkctjldilxH34OG13Lauc-qE32s/s640/2013+0520_27DSC_4651.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gare de l'Est</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever noticed the people running in train stations?  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is no different in Paris as we see these passengers hurrying off a train.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have done the same myself, hurrying to <u>catch</u> a train </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Madrid, in Prague, in Vienna, in Milan... and even in Paris.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why would one need to run </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with sufficient planning of schedules and locations?  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, for one, it is never a simple matter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to find the correct window for ticket sales.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Buying tickets on-line in advance will reduce the stress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps you will have time to sit in the station </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and photograph others who did not plan as well.  Hummmm...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gare de l'Est</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place du 11 novembre 1918</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Gare de l'Est - Dépêchez-vous!

Gare de l'Est Have you ever noticed the people running in train stations?   It is no different in Paris as we see these passengers hurry...

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